NCAA outlines how 96-team tourney could work
The NCAA appears to be on the verge of expanding the men’s basketball tournament to 96 teams.
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Butler coach Stevens expected to get lucrative offers
Butler University basketball coach Brad Stevens has an annual base pay of $350,000 with another $37,851 in benefits and deferred
compensation. Not bad for a 33-year-old. But it’s no comparison to what big-time men’s college basketball coaches make.
Butler mulling makeover for Hinkle Fieldhouse
Butler University is planning to raise as much as $12 million to modernize Hinkle Fieldhouse, the home of its Bulldogs basketball
team.
Shortage of big programs slows secondary Final Four ticket sales
Ticket brokers say a flood of tickets became available on the secondary market following losses by the No. 1-seeded Kansas
Jayhawks and Kentucky Wildcats.
NCAA puts IUPUI on probation, vacates wins in six sports
The NCAA said IUPUI allowed erroneous eligibility certification for 97 student-athletes from 2003-04 through 2006-07, demonstrating
a lack of institutional control and a failure to monitor by the university.
Final Four finally gives Butler reason to party
About eight hours after Butler beat second-seeded Kansas State 63-56 to reach the first Final Four in school history, the
Bulldogs returned home to a large crowd and loud cheers.
Final Four corporate hospitality spending on the rise
Corporate hospitality at sports events has been stagnant in recent years, but organizers expect a big bounce for this year’s
NCAA Final Four in Indianapolis.
IUPUI coach Ron Hunter receives Good Guy award
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association is recognizing Hunter’s efforts on behalf of millions of children around the world
who are in need of shoes.
Big Ten tourney attendance rises by nearly 20 percent
Organizers credit stronger ticket-selling efforts and new promotions for boosting attendance to more than 81,000, the highest
it’s been since the tournament became an annual event in Indianapolis.
Former Indiana University AD Greenspan lands at Rice
Greenspan resigned from IU in 2008 amid NCAA allegations that his department failed to monitor former basketball coach Kelvin
Sampson.
Future of Big Ten tourneys in city unclear after 2012
The Big Ten men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will be held in Indianapolis the next two years, but the conference’s
future in the city is uncertain after 2012.
NCAA tournament committee focused on 65, not 96
The NCAA is discussing whether to expand the 65-team men’s basketball tournament, a topic with no shortage of controversy
and opinions.
NCAA Tournament may cost employers $1.8B in lost work
Annual unscientific survey does not take into account that many employees who participate in office pools devote extra time
to finishing their responsibilities.
USA Football touring city, considering moving HQ here
USA Football officials toured Indianapolis and met major sports brass on Feb. 26 and are considering several local sites,
including the former Citizens Gas facility on the southeast side, to be its new home. The organization, part-owned by the
NFL, is set to move from its Virginia home later this year.
BENNER: Ticket sales are key to keeping Big Ten games
What’s happen off court at the Big Ten Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments could be as interesting as what happens on.
NCAA plans to battle counterfeiters during the men’s Final Four
A National Collegiate Athletic Association posse will be supplemented by local police officers in search of unlicensed T-shirts
and other memorabilia.
IU names basketball center after billionaire Cooks
Indiana University's new basketball training complex will be named after billionaire entrepreneur Bill Cook and his wife.
IU athletic director Fred Glass says the Cooks gave $15 million—the single largest gift in IU athletics history—toward
the nearly $20 million basketball training center.
Not guilty plea entered for ex-IU player Leary
A judge has entered a preliminary not guilty plea for a former Indiana University basketball player charged in connection
with an ex-business partner’s multimillion-dollar fraud scheme.
Lawsuit could bring NCAA financials to light
Lawyers for former UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon are promising to expose financial information about NCAA’s licensing
contracts the NCAA would rather keep private.
Ex-Indiana player Leary arrested in fraud case
The 39-year-old Leary was being held Friday in the Monroe County Jail in Bloomington on charges out of Allen County.